GAR | GRSP-77-48

GRSP-77-48

UN GTR13: Proposal for an amendment

Source(s)

Netherlands

Date

5 May 2025

Status

Superseded

Subject

GTR No. 13 Hydrogen/Fuel Cell Vehicles

Meeting(s)

GRSP | Session 77 | 5-9 May 2025

Agenda item 3. UN Global Technical Regulation No. 13 (Hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles)

Proposal to amend UN R134 regarding hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles. The amendment clarifies requirements for supply lines serving additional thermally activated pressure relief devices (TPRDs) on compressed hydrogen storage systems. It specifies that supply lines must be constructed from metallic materials, demonstrate mechanical integrity through qualification tests excluding drop tests, and establishes handling procedures to prevent damage. The proposal also defines container attachments and refines test procedures for burst pressure, drop impact, permeation, and localized leak testing.

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GRSP | Session 77 | 5-9 May 2025

6. The expert from OICA presented informal documents GRSP-77-47 and GRSP-77-48 and announced the intention of one of the contracting parties to the 1998 Agreement participating in the Task Force amending UN Regulation No. 134 (TF-R134) to submit a request for authorization to develop an amendment to UN Global Technical Regulation No. 13 to the June sessions of WP.29 and AC.3.

GRSP | Session 78 | 1-4 Dec 2025

8. Following the adoption by the Executive Committee of the 1998 Agreement (AC.3) in its November 2025 session of the request for authorization to develop an amendment to UN GTR No. 13 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2025/161), GRSP endorsed informal document GRSP-77-48 (as reproduced in annex III), and requested the secretariat to submit it as a proposal for an amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13 to the June 2026 sessions of WP.29 and AC.3.

WP.29 | Session 199 | 22-26 Jun

124. The Chair of GRSP introduced ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/140 and ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/141 with proposals for a corrigendum to UN GTR No. 9 and an amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13, respectively.

125. The corrigendum to UN GTR No. 9 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/140) was established in the Global Registry of the 1998 Agreement on 24 June 2026 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), Japan, Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and United States of America. Tunisia abstained from voting.

126. Amendment 2 to UN GTR No. 13 (ECE/TRANS/WP.29/2026/141) was established in the Global Registry of the 1998 Agreement on 24 June 2026 by consensus vote of Australia, Canada, China, European Union (representing Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, and Sweden), Japan, Republic of Korea, Nigeria, Norway, Russian Federation, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and United States of America.